Margaret Ovitt
Milwaukee, Wisconsin is my home town. After graduating from Whitefish Bay High School, I went to Vanderbilt University where I received a BSN in Nursing. After living in Perth, Australia and Cambridge, England, I moved to Macomb, IL where I worked at McDonough District Hospital for 10 years. When it was thought that WIU might get a nursing school, I enrolled at WIU to get a Master’s Degree in Health Education with the thought of teaching nursing students. This did not come to pass, so then I attended the University of Illinois and received a Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture.
I opened my landscape design business, Western Illinois Land Design, where I specialized in native plants and landscapes. I have since retired but still work on restoration of land we bought west of Macomb. Another interest of mine is local food availability so am working on establishing a local foods co-op in Macomb. I am a member of the Macomb Tree Board and also the Emiquon Corps of Discovery; a citizen group involved with The Nature Conservancy’s restoration of two backwater lakes, Thompson and Flag lakes, located on the Illinois River just north of Havanna.
I opened my landscape design business, Western Illinois Land Design, where I specialized in native plants and landscapes. I have since retired but still work on restoration of land we bought west of Macomb. Another interest of mine is local food availability so am working on establishing a local foods co-op in Macomb. I am a member of the Macomb Tree Board and also the Emiquon Corps of Discovery; a citizen group involved with The Nature Conservancy’s restoration of two backwater lakes, Thompson and Flag lakes, located on the Illinois River just north of Havanna.